# Default timestamp in date Field **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 7, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-timestamp-in-date-field/122853 "2018-03-07T09:23:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![Fluorescence](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@Fluorescence](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fluorescence)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2018, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-timestamp-in-date-field/122853/5 "2018-03-15T08:51:58Z")
After further research there seems to be no direct other option. Under the following link there is a sample posted for using ingest node timestamps: > [@Default ingest pipeline for index?](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-ingest-pipeline-for-index/123511): > > Hi there, about a year ago there was a topic raised in this forum for getting a default ingest pipeline option as described here: Does someone has any news on this or any alternative? Background on this question is, to create a time stamp (as it was deprecated in V2 and later removed) without having the option to modify REST calls for inserts. Why one would need this? The application can create/use a date field, but there are transport elements in between which can not be controlled, theref… --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-timestamp-in-date-field/122853)._